EX-99.(E)(5)(III) 25 dex99e5iii.txt AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT Exhibit (e)(5)(iii) AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT AXA DISTRIBUTORS, LLC/CLASS IA SHARES AMENDMENT NO. 1 to the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement ("Amendment No. 1"), dated as of May 2, 2003, between EQ Advisors Trust, a Delaware business trust (the "Trust") and AXA Distributors, LLC, a Delaware corporation (the "Distributor"). The Trust and the Distributor agree to modify and amend the Amended and Restated Distribution Agreement relating to Class IA Shares dated as of July 15, 2002 (the "Agreement"), unless defined herein to the contrary, shall have the meaning given such terms in the Agreement. 1. Appendix A. Appendix A to the Agreement, setting forth the Portfolio of the Trust for which the Distributor is authorized to distribute Class IA Shares, is hereby replaced in its entirety by Appendix A attached hereto. Except as modified and amended hereby, the Agreement is hereby ratified and confirmed in full force and effect in accordance with its terms. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed and delivered this Amendment No. 1 as of the date first above set forth. EQ ADVISORS TRUST AXA DISTRIBUTORS, LLC By: /s/ Peter D. Noris By: /s/ Jeffrey Mcgregor ------------------------------------- -------------------- Peter D. Noris Jeffrey McGregor Chairman of the Board and Trustee President APPENDIX A AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT CLASS IA SHARES EQ/Alliance Common Stock Portfolio EQ/Capital Guardian U.S. Equities Portfolio EQ/Aggressive Stock Portfolio EQ/Evergreen Omega Portfolio (fka Alliance Aggressive Stock Portfolio) EQ/FI Mid Cap Portfolio EQ/Equity 500 Index Portfolio (fka Alliance Equity Index Portfolio) EQ/FI Small/Mid Cap Value Portfolio (fka Warburg Pincus Small Company Value Portfolio) EQ/Alliance Growth and Income Portfolio EQ/Janus Large Cap Growth Portfolio EQ/High Yield Portfolio (fka EQ/Alliance High Yield Portfolio) EQ/J.P. Morgan Core Bond Portfolio (fka JPM Core Bond Portfolio) EQ/Alliance Intermediate Government Securities Portfolio EQ/Lazard Small Cap Value Portfolio EQ/Alliance International Portfolio EQ/Marsico Focus Portfolio EQ/Money Market Portfolio EQ/Mercury Basic Value Equity Portfolio EQ/Alliance Quality Bond Portfolio (fka Merrill Lynch Basic Value Equity Portfolio) EQ/Alliance Small Cap Growth Portfolio EQ/MFS Emerging Growth Companies Portfolio EQ/Alliance Premier Growth Portfolio EQ/MFS Investors Trust Portfolio (fka EQ/MFS Investors Growth Portfolio) EQ/Alliance Technology Portfolio EQ/Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio EQ/Bernstein Diversified Value Portfolio (fka EQ/Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio) EQ/Balanced Portfolio EQ/Putnam Growth & Income Value Portfolio (fka Alliance Balanced Portfolio) EQ/Putnam International Equity Portfolio EQ/Calvert Socially Responsible Portfolio EQ/Putnam Voyager Portfolio EQ/Capital Guardian International Portfolio (fka EQ/Putnam Investors Growth Portfolio) EQ/Capital Guardian Research Portfolio EQ/Small Company Index Portfolio (fka BT Small Company Index Portfolio)